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Rain and snow in forecast for towns hit by Midwest flooding

(CBS News) SPRING BAY, Ill. -- On a good day, Spring Bay, Ill., has a great view of the Illinois River, but on a bad day, it's in the river. So this is a very bad day for Brad Rohman.

Brad Rohman

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We floated down Lake Street, past his restaurant.

"This is the only restaurant in town," he says. "And it's actually the last business left in this town."

It's a total loss, and 15 employees are out of work. Rohman says breaking the news to them was "real hard."

Parts of Illinois had 10 inches of rain in 10 days. A school bus virtually surfed its route near Chicago, and the water came up fast -- rising 13 feet in five days in Spring Bay, where Joe Greer watched from his deck.